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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Repealed w.e.f. 1 July 2024

Section 51 CrPC - Search of arrested person

Section 51 CrPC is now Section 49 of the BNSS - the BNSS replaced the CrPC on 1 July 2024.
Act
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section
51 - Search of arrested person
New provision
Section 49 BNSS

CrPC → BNSS: what changed

This sectionChangeRemarks
Section 49 BNSS Renumbered, no change No Change except the word "whenever" is excluded from clause (ii) of subsection (1).

Section 51 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with search of arrested person. Under the new law this is Section 49 of the BNSS.

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